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Echoes of Legend: Magic As the Bridge Between a Pagan Past And Winthrop University Digital Commons @ Winthrop University Graduate Theses The Graduate School 5-2018 Echoes of Legend: Magic as the Bridge Between a Pagan Past and a Christian Future in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur Josh Mangle Winthrop University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/graduatetheses Part of the Literature in English, British Isles Commons Recommended Citation Mangle, Josh, "Echoes of Legend: Magic as the Bridge Between a Pagan Past and a Christian Future in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur" (2018). Graduate Theses. 84. https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/graduatetheses/84 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the The Graduate School at Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ECHOES OF LEGEND: MAGIC AS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN A PAGAN PAST AND A CHRISTIAN FUTURE IN SIR THOMAS MALORY’S LE MORTE DARTHUR A Thesis Presented to the Faculty Of the College of Arts and Sciences In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Of Master of Arts In English Winthrop University May 2018 By Josh Mangle ii Abstract Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur is a text that tells the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Malory wrote this tale by synthesizing various Arthurian sources, the most important of which being the Post-Vulgate cycle. Malory’s work features a division between the Christian realm of Camelot and the pagan forces trying to destroy it. Throughout the thesis, I use a variety of scholarship to examine magic and argue that magic is as essential to the plot of Le Morte Darthur as Christianity is. In chapter one, I review the existing literature that is available on Medieval magic and I show where the gaps in the literature are. In chapter two, I examine men and magic and how masculine magic is beneficial while female magic is antagonistic. I focus on Launcelot, Galahad, and Merlin. In chapter three, I examine how female magic users fit into the paradigm of masculine-female magic; I use the characters of Morgan Le Fey and Nynive. Chapter four focuses primarily on magical creatures and objects and how they represent paganism and Christianity. It the goal of this thesis to show how magic and Christianity form a symbiotic relationship in which both are reliant on each other in order to be successful in the medieval romance. iii Acknowledgements I could not have accomplished this project without the help of the people who have been an important part of my graduate career. First, I would like to thank my director, Dr. Josephine Koster, for all her support, kindness, and mentoring during this project. You have been a rock in a storm full of deadlines, revisions, and stress. I would like to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for everything you have done for me. Without your guidance, I would not be where I am today. Next, I would like to thank my two committee members, Dr. Meredith Reynolds and Dr. Casey Cothran. I would like to thank them for all the support they have given me this past year. Thank you to Dr. Cothran for her encouraging words and pep talks. Thank you so much for being a shining light. I would also like to thank Dr. Meredith Reynolds for driving from Francis Marion University to Winthrop University for my thesis defense. It was an honor to have you here and I thank you very much for your insightful comments and thoughts. Next, I would like to thank my family: Barbara, Ralph, Mikayla, and Patricia. Thank you for loving me and putting up with me during this difficult process. Thank you for taking the time to be patient with, for supporting me, and most importantly, for reminding me that I am loved. I love you all so much, and I could not have done this without you. Lastly, I would like to thank my friends and colleagues. You all have been my haven, my support system, my cheerleading team. You have my heart and my eternal gratitude. iv Table of Contents Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………………ii Acknowledgments ……………………………………………………………………………… iii Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2: Men and Magic - Revitalization of a Gendered Paradigm ........................................... 23 Chapter 3: Charmed – Women, Magic, and Antagonism ............................................................. 49 Chapter 4: Fantastic Things and Where to Find Them – Magical Beasts, Demons, and Holy Objects .......................................................................................................................................... 70 Chapter 5: Conclusion.................................................................................................................... 89 Works Cited……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..95 1 Chapter 1: Introduction “Hit Befel in the dayes of Uther Pendragon, when he was kynge of all Englond and so regned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornewaill that helde warre ageynst hum long tyme, and the duke was called the Duke of Tyntagil” (Malory 4). So begins Sir Thomas Malory’s famous work, Le Morte Darthur, a story that would become its own myth – a legend to be passed down in the collective conscious of British Literature. Malory’s work is one of Christian thought, adventure, courage, loyalty, romance, and, most importantly, magic. These elements presented in Malory’s work serve to lead his audience through the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Malory calls his audience to question their sense of courage and faith, to be reminded of oaths and loyalty. Through Le Morte Darthur’s pages, Malory crafts his epic romance with a sense of dutiful purpose. While rooted in echoes of past legends, Le Morte Darthur is a tale that heralds the future of medieval romance. In Le Morte Darthur Malory’s use of magic is the bridge between the paganism of the past and the future of Christianity. It provides the balance counter to the Christian thought present through the various stories found throughout the romance. Without magic present, the concept of Christianity would be less successful. These two opposing forces must both be present in medieval romance for either to work. A medieval romance with only magic and no Christian underlying principle would be considered blasphemous – dangerous and morally corrupt. Likewise, a romance with strong Christian anecdotes and no mention of magic would be ineffective. There would be no devil to fight – no pagan thought to overcome and triumph against. In this thesis, I will discuss magic in Sir 2 Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur as a bridge between a pagan past and a Christian future and how magic and Christian thought rely on each other in a symbiotic relationship in order to completely function and survive in the medieval romance. The practice of magic is an essential part of this text. Whether for benefic or ill ends, magic appears in almost every book of Le Morte Darthur. Magic shapes the text and its characters. It whispers through the pages and allows the readers to find themselves at a crossroads of fantasy and spirituality, between the haunting mists of a pagan past and the outstretched beginning of a Christian future. As such, there must first be a discussion as to what magic is, where it comes from, and, ultimately, how does it come into play within the structure of the medieval romance, in specific, Le Morte Darthur. Magic, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is “The use of ritual activities or observances which are intended to influence the course of events or to manipulate the natural world, usually involving the use of an occult or secret body of knowledge; sorcery, witchcraft. Also: this practice as a subject of study” (“magic”). The earliest usage of this word appears to be in the late 1300’s with Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales, with the passage being cited “He kepte his parcient ful greet deel In hours by his magik natureel” (“magic”). Therefore, it is this definition of the English word “magic” or “magik” that appears in the Middle Ages and the texts from the Middle Ages. While the English word for magic may have its origins in the fourteenth century, magic as a concept, theory, and practice is quite old, as there are renditions of magic across Europe. 3 The concept of magic is a complex one. Its functions and practices range from religious, practical, literary, tomedical. For this thesis, it would not be prudent to analyze where magic as a whole originated from. Instead, I will focus on magic and its practices in Europe, particularly western and northern parts of Europe, which is the setting for much of Le Morte Darthur. To understand the structure of magic within Europe, in particular medieval England, it is imperative to acknowledge the evolution of magic within various European cultures and how they may have affected practices in England. Perhaps the magical concepts with the strongest influence on Middle English magic are those from the Celtic and Norse regions. In his book Magic in the Middle Ages, literary critic Richard Kieckhefer discusses the survival and integration of Celtic and Norse paganism into Christian theology and how these two pagan religions contained descriptions of magic practices. Much of what scholars know of these European pagan magical practices are entwined with Christian theology. Kieckhefer argues that this is because much of the written work that survives of Celtic and Norse magical practices come from Christian written sources (46). Celtic magic seems to be the closest type of magic to what Malory was writing into the pages of Le Morte Darthur, which will be discussed in more detail later in this chapter and in subsequent chapters. The conjunction with Christian overlay and pagan practice occurs in Celtic magic practices, or rather, what scholars know of Celtic magical practice.
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